August 12, 2011, 6:48PM

Some local educators reacted in dismay to the news that more Portland schools are failing under federal No Child Left Behind guidelines, but not Deborah Meier. "The tests are meaningless," the veteran school reform activist said, referring to the measures used to determine how schools are performing. Full story »

August 05, 2011, 7:00AM

Tigard-Tualatin, West Linn-Wilsonville, and Sherwood all had schools that failed to meet Adequate Yearly Progress this year after passing the previous year. Meanwhile, all of Lake Oswego's schools made adequate yearly progress, but the district itself failed to do the same. Full story »

August 04, 2011, 12:07PM

The federal No Child Left Behind law works as its architects intended when it exposes schools such as Robert Gray for huge achievement gaps between white and minority students and between middle-class students and those from low-income families Full story »

August 02, 2011, 12:01AM

Failing to get enough special education students to pass grade-level math and reading exams is one big reason a record number of Oregon schools got dinged this year. A record 80 schools face sanctions under the No Child Left Behind law. Full story »